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flllE CHATHAM RECORD Established Sept. 19th, 1878, and edited continuously for nearly 40 years by H. A. London. Subscription Rate, $1.50 the year. Published at County, N. C, Pittsboro, Chatham , every Wednesday. Democratic in politics. Entered at the postoffice at Pitts boro as second-class mail matter. I pledge allegiance to MY . i , , 1 T- LIT r LAj ana to ine xt,epuoiic in for which it stands; one nation indivisible with Lib ras erty and justice for all. II. m. IOKIJO?S, Editor. THURSDAY. JULY 25. ISIS f-Xfr- Wi Yale University- was recently bequeathed nearly $20,000,000 by the will of the late John W. Seer ling, a New York lawyer. This was certainly a sterling gift. On last Tuesday President Wil son issued a proclamation taking over for the duration of the war the operation of telephone and telegraph lines. Effective Au gust 1, the supervision, operation and control of the wire systems is placed under the direction of postmaster general. Until oth erwise directed, the present man agement of the various lines will continue. It is not thought the small telephone lines will be ta ken over except where it may be advisable to do so for the pur pose of facilitating their connec tion with longer lines. THE SORRY COURSE OF AN EX PRESIDENT. From the News and Observer. The only man in America who is at tempting to make political capital of the war situation is Theodore Roose velt. Before the recent Republi can state convention of New York on Thursday he made not a patriotic but a political and partisan speech; a personally ambitious speech. A few months ago Mr. Roosevelt rushed to Washington thinking that the hour had struck in which to discredit the war department and President Wil son. But the wonderful work of the administration put him to rout. A mil lion men across the Atlantic in fighting trim, another million men on the way, thousands of ships and aeroplanes un der construction, not to mention guns, weapons and ammunition in untold measures, was too much for him. He found himself suddenly alone. That line of attack would not work. In his New York speech he has adop ted a new tune. He says that our coun try ought to have gone to war in May, 1915; and, if so, that Russia would have stayed in and the war would have been over by now! How futile the theory! No man runs a risk in this sort of criticism. Any one can argue what might have- been. The test can never come. But it is a magnificent tribute tD the administration that even Roose velt must resort to this sort of criti cism. We could debate forever, with out result, what might have been. But America will not go into an academic and an inane debate at this time: Amer ica will fight the war out along the lines that have been laid down, and leave Mr. Roosevelt to his theories understanding him fully: He is mad because he is not running the war; and madder because others are running it so well. Wouldn't he cut a figure in Pershing's place! He yet hopes to be president of the United States, and he is willing to tear the country in twain in the midst of the critical battle of the war if thereby he can make a little capital to that end. No better evidence that Mr. Roose velt has lost his old-time mental force and moral poise could be produced. Des peration and disappointment have over thrown his judgment; and he is cutting the sorriest figure of his career. Taft has grown bigger with the war; Roose velt smaller much smaller. Taft has i put .aside personal and party ambition; Roosevelt could not rise above his selfishness. We do not know whether Mr. Roose velt's son, Quentin, has lost his life or j not. We hope he is safe.If he has been ' killed, we shall join with all the coun j try in sincere sympathy to the father and mother. Mr. Roosevelt has as ! sumed, despite reassuring reports to the contrary,, that .the young- man is dead; and has given the press a charac teristic statement premature, to say the least, -But the American people will not permit Mr. Roosevelt, even granting that his son has paid the last full measure of devotion, to make po litical capital of that fact or to sow the seeds of discord in our country. As to what would have happened had our country gone to war in 1915 no man can ever tell, and only the idle and the super-critical will debate. It is cer tain, had we gone in May, 1915, we would have gone with a divided country. It is possible that had we gone in in May, 1915, the people would have re- PARi GORICi BY R- Everything is being taxed to carry on the war but a woman's smiles. Everything that glitters is not gold. How about a red-headed woman? . If Col. Jack Lanius has any luck with his goat farm he can furnish goats to the secret societies. Good gracious! The United States last year coined 714,139,119 pieces of money. We have only four pieces, won der what has become of the rest of it? Holes in the street, Weeds on the walk, Is bound to make People talk, talk, talk and cuss a few lines. There once was a quiet old Indian Sioux Who didn't have much to dioux, He'd just smoke his pipe And at the flies swipe And now and then kill one or tioux. So badly are the services of physicians needed by our army, the government is about to as sume control of the entire medi cal, profession in the United States to obtain sufficient doctors for the army at home and abroad and to distribute those remaining to the places where they are most needed for civilian work. It is thought that compulsory con scription will not be necessary, but that mobilization can be ac complished by enrolling all doc tors in a voluntary service corps under pledge to accept whatever service, military or civilian, is as signed them during the present ' pudiated the action in the general elec- I tion in 1916 and we would have been j paralyzed for the war. It is likely that, The veteran editor and owner ! had ,we. declared war in 1?15 sevelt tne country ae- Red Spider or Poke Rust. Editor of The Record: I notice in traveling over the county that the cotton on many farms is being damaged by the red spider, or as it is more commonly called, poke rusti so called, because it starts from around poke stalks that have been cut down and left lying on the ground in or near the cotton field. This insect attacks many other plants beside poke, such as sow thistle, holly-hock, tomatoes, garden beans, sweet peas, morning glory and many other plants. It is a wise plan for the farmers to see that none of these plants is infected on his farm or near his cotton field. If the infection is discovered on any plant near the cot ton or on the cotton itself, there are two or three ways by which the infec tion may be destroyed. First,' by gath ering carefully all leaves or plants that have the disease, placing them in a sack carefully and carrying them well away from the farm, or I would say, a better plan still is to pull up every in fected stalk, pile them and burn in the field. But if the disease is too exten sive to do that, the following spray may be used which will eontrol the disease: "Lime sulphur." Formula: 8 pounds quick lime, 8 pounds sulphur-added to the lime while slacking. Boil 45 or 50 minutes and dilute to 50 gallons of wa ter. Allow it to cool thoroughly then strain and apply to all parts of the plant with an ordinary spray pump that will make a fine mist. If this plan is followed I think you will find but little trouble in controlling the insect. It is a good plan to spray the infected plants again about ten or fifteen days after the first application to destroy all other spiders which might have hatched after the first spray. This disease is worse in dry weather than it is in wet. If I can be of service to you in the combatting of this trouble I will be glad to serve you, R. L. EDWARDS, County Agent. Ore Hill, N. C. CROIX DE GUERRE GIVEN TO Y. M. C. A. WORKER Taking his Croix -de Guerre from his own breast, a French army cap tain, by orders of his general, pinned it on the coat of Edwin Ely, of No. 73 West Eighty-eighth street, New York, according to a cablegram just received from overseas. Mr. Ely is a Y. M. C. A. secretary of a Foyer du Soldat. Ely was later Invited to dinner by the Commanding General. When he entered all the officers stood at salute until he was seated at the side of the "General. The General made an ad dress thanking Ely and the Y. M. C. A. for tieir work in France and ex pressed regret that he was not able to confer an officifll decoration. Cumnock Coal Mine. Sanford Express. It is reported that the Cumnock cor property has been sold to a company ot northern capitalists. However, this re port has not been confirmed. The Cum nock coal property, including a large tract of land, was bought by the late John B. Lenig, who built and owned the Durham and Charlotte Railway, (now part of Norfolk Southern) several years ago, and is now owned by his estate. About a year ago a subsidiary corpora tion of the Norfolk Southern got an op tion on the propertyand has since been putting the mine in shape for operating it. About all the water has been re moved and the work of timbering up the mine is being pushed.- If the prop erty has been bought by a corporation of capitalists we may expect to see it operated on a large scale. In a few months the mine will be ready for oper ation at its full capacity. The houses are being painted as fast as they are built and water and sewerage systems are being put in. Coal is now being "taken from the main shaft. Kentucky Java Next. Mrs. Wm. Hub, of Covington, Ky., ikes a good cup Of coffee, and she's go ing to have it whether the Huns make anv dent in South American trade or not. She has planted her own coffee, and has a nice little crop of it maturing rap- dly in her war garden. Mrs. Hub has sent a sample of near y ripe coffee to the national war gar den commission, Washington, so that body may encourage starting of other 'Dlantations" in war eardens if it sees fit. emergency. Cause of Despondency. Despondency is often caused by indi gestion and constipation, and quickly disappears when Chamberlain's Tab lets are taken. These tablets streng then the digestion and move the bow els, adv of the Statesville Landmark, Mr. R. R. Clark, has sold his interest in the paper to Mr. Pegram A. Bryant, who has been connected with the Landmark for many years. It will be gratifying to the friends of Mr. Clark through out the state to know, however, tnat he will continue to direct the editorial policy of the paper, of which for more than 25 years he has been sole owner, publish er and editor. The Landmark for many years has been easily one of the very best papers in the state, both as to editorial and news matter and mechanical appearance. The announcement from Wash ington that Fayetteville has been selected as the site for a new army training camp will be re ceived with approval by North Carolinians generally. The gov ernment will purchase possibly 100, (.'CO acres of land in Cumber land and Hoke counties north of Fayetteville of -sufficient size to allow the training of at least 15, 000 men at one time. It will be decided later whether a heavy artillery or small arms camp will occupy the proposed site. It is said that after the war is over it is the intention of the war de partment to maintain a perma nent training camp at Fayette ville, in which respect it will have the advantage of most military training camps which will be abandoned after the war. The success of Fayetteville in secur ing the camp is due to the per sistent work of its chamber of commerce, ably seconded by Rep resentative Godwin, and is a fine illustration of the proverb, "keep ing everlastingly at it brings success," would have canvassed claringthat President Wilson had caused war to be declared in order to get him self re-elected president. It is certain that the Republican national convention of 1916 and its candidate, Mr. Hughes, did not dare to say that we should have declared war in 1915. Nor did Mr. Roosevelt's Progressive party! They knew too well the temper of the coun try at that time. Had we declared war in 1915 we would have done so with a people ut terly unprepared for war, with Mexico threatening us on the south and Japan in the west. America might have gone all to pieces with a declaration at that time. But by waiting we- have suc ceeded in making a successful entrance into the war the nation united, the people morally reassured that our cause is just, and everybedy, everything, ev ery institution working to win the war not a note of disharmony anywhere save in the throat of Theodore Roose veltj who thinks he might have done better and who is angry because . the people of this country did not think so when they were selecting a president. The war will be won; and America wiU count mightily in it; but Roosevelt in the day of triumph will be cast aside as the one big man in America who would not co-operate in the winning of the war because he was not allowed to run the whole thing. He will be known to history as the only man in America who permitted his personal ambition to eclipse the country's cause and the world's cause. We will have a proper condemnation for the food profiteers and the munitions profiteers; but what shall be the measure of our condemna tion for the political profiteer Theo dore Roosevelt? Has His Sons and Money. Labor Advocate. The kaiser has six sons and a large income when he started this war. The war is in its fourth year and he still has all his sons and his large income. How he can look in the face of thousands of Germans, crippled by his war, we don't know, but hs does it. Everybody about him has given something or someone to the war. The kaiser has given nothing. He still has everything he started with and more. Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. Now is the time to buy a bottle of this remedy so as to be prepared in case that any one of your family should have an attack of colic or diarrhoea during tne summer montne. it is worth hundred times its cost when needed, ad Wants 'Em to Vote. Congressman Zebulon Weaver, of the 10th district, has gone on record as fa. voring the franchise of all soldiers, re gardless of whether or not they have paid poll tax. American negro troops are helping to hold the line against the fifth' German offensive. They requested the favor of being permitted to take over a part of the line of attack,though they had been holding a piece of a French sector for the last three days? Wedding Bells and Dollars. Miss Goldie Sneider, of Los Angeles, Cal., invited 1,009 friends to her wed ding, rented a big hall for the occasion, and charged 50 cents admission to tl invited guests. The Red Cross got the gate receipts, and neither attendance nor numbers of presents received was cut down by the admission charge. -Rubbmg Eases Pain Rubbing sends the liniment tingling through the flesh and quickly stops pain. Demand a liniment that you can rub with. The best rubbing liniment is Good for the Ailments of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc Qooifor your own Aches, Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc . 25c 50c $1 At all Dealers. The diet of the Japanese farmer or aborer costs 6 cents a day and is made up of rice, barley, fish and vegetables. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Medloir.e. Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty five years, and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall s Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, expelling the Pol' son from the Blood and healing the dis eased Dortions. After you have taken Hall's Catarrh Medicine for a short time you will see a great Improvement In your general health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh Medi cine at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. P. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists. 75c. Take Notice. North Carolina, Chatham County In the buperior Court, belore the Clerk. r rank Johnson et al vs Lula Fox et al. John C. Johnson and Oren Johnson, the defendants in the above entitled cause, will take notice that the above entitled proceeding has been instituted before the undersigned clerk of the su perior court of Chatham county for the purpose of having the undivided lands of J. M. Johnson and Margaret John son sold for partition among the heirs at-law of the said parties, said lands consisting of one tract in Hickory Mountain township, on the waters of Rocky river, containing about 96 acres, except 25 acres thereof divided by the said John M. Johnson in his last wil and testament; also one other tract in said townshit). Chatham countv. adioin mg the said lands, and containing about 104 acres. The said defendants will take notice that they are hereby summoned and no tified to appear before the undersigned on or before the said date and answer or demur to the said complaint or the relief prayed for therein will be grant ed. This July 23, 1918. JAS. L. GRIFFIN, c. s. c. R. H. Hayes, Atty for Plaintiffs. QUOTAS FIXED FOR TALLY. MCA. DRIVE National Goal of $112,000,000 Include $15,000,000 For War Work Of Y. W. C. A. Southeast Asked 0 For $5,000,000 The quotas for the seven .states of the Southeastern Department lor me next financial drive of the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. for $112,000,000, which will take place late in the fall were decided upon last weeto by delegates from each of the states. Seven hundred delegates from the seven states of the Southeastern Department recently met with the na tion's leading Y. M. C. A. workers at the Capital City Club of Atlanta, Qa. The quotas for the Southeastern states, totaling approximately $5,000, 000, were decided upon as follows: Florida, $577,584; Georgia, $1,043,- 784; Mississippi, $280,000; North Caro lina, $680,2S8; South Carolina, $644,- 896; Tennessee, $1,095,920; Alabama, $504,000. $15,000,000 to the Y. W. C. A. Of the total amount $15,000,000 will be turned over to the Young Women's Christian Association in order that they may carry on the many war ac tivities that they have undertaken. Every town and .community of the Southeast wa3 represented by its leading citizens at the conference. Chief among the international figures were Dr. John R, Mott, General Secre tary of the National War Work Coun cil, Geo. W. Perkins, former leader of the Bull Moose party, a member of the executive board of the United States Steel Corporation and now chairman of the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. bureau of finance. Others in the party were A. H. Whitford and Chas. S. Ward, directors of the na tional campaign, and A. M. Cotton of the Boys' Earn and Give Campaign. The "Y" Men Are To Be Found Where Battle Is Hot "If you want to know what the Y. M. C. A. means to the soldiers, go where the fighting is hot." is the regular reply of the American soldiers in Prance, according to a cablegram re ceived recently by the National War Work Council telling of more secre taries who have been under .liquid fire attacks, as well as gas and shell fire. The American Expeditionary of ficers have sent scores of letters to the Paris headquarters of the "T" praising the work of the Red Triangle workers, declaring them to be indis pensable. More than a thousand' "Y" secre taries are in advanced positions anl dugouts under constant shell fire. There are no quitters and they re fuse to be relieved, saying that where the troops go the Y. M.,C. A. will rick. Use For Worthless Dogs. Secretary Dunn, of the Winston Sa- i lem board of trade, learns that the war .j department wants all. stray dogs they j can possibly get for experimental pur- j poses on new gases Uncle Sam intends : to use on the Germans. J Realizing that there are in the state i of North Carolina thousands of dogs j running loose, fed and owned by nobody j and that they could serve this patriot- ! ic purpose, he wired the war depart ment asking how many dogs could be used from this state in testing gas. He received the following telegram from the war department: "Will be glad to get dogs two weeks from date. 'Will be able to handle at least 100 per week. Will send crates at your order. " Secretary Dunn thinks this is a rare opportunity for North Carolina to get rid of her worthless curs. DR. J. C.'M4NN EYE-SIGHT SPECIALIST Are You One of Them? There are a great many people who would be very much benefited by tak ing Chamberlain's Tablets for a weak or disordered stomach. Are you one of them? Mrs. M. R. Searl, Baldwins ville. N. Y., relates her experience in the use of these tablets. "I had a bad spell with my stomach about 3 months ago, and was troubled for two or three weeks with gas and severe pains in the pit of my stomach. Our druggist ad vised me to take Chamberlain's Tab lets. I took a bQttle home and the first dose relieved me wonderfully, and I kept on taking them until I was cured. " These tablets do not relieve pain, but after the pain has been relieved may prevent its recurrence, adv The Americaas in France are paid al most entirely in French money and they are getting used to francs, though they all agree "a franc is so small its slips through your fingers like water." Will be at Dr. Chapin's office, Pittsboro, N. C. , every 4th Tuesday in each month. Glasses fitted that are easy and restful to the eyes. Cross-eyes straightened without the knife. Weak eyes.of chil drrr and young people a specialty. My next visit wO be Tuesday, August 27. Notice to Creditors. Having qualified as administratrix, v.. t a of the late W. T. Edwards, this is to notify all persons holding claims against his estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 5th day of June, 1919, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. Those indebted to the said estate will please settle with the undersigned or her at torney. v This June 5th, 1918. ROBENA J. EDWARDS, Admx eta. of W. T. Edwards. U. H. Hayes, Attorney. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children S Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of Notice of Divorce. North Carolina, Chatham county In the Superior Court of Chatham coun ty, August term, 1918. Dock Fearrington vs Lizzie Fearrington. The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the superior court of Chatham county, North Caro lina, to secure an absolute divorce in fa vor of the plaintiff and against the de fendant on, the grounds of separation for ten years; and the said defendant will therefore that notice that she is re quired to appear at the term of the su- Eerior court of , Chatham county to be eld on the first Monday in August, 1918, at the courthouse of said county in Pittsboro, N. C, and answer or de mur to the complaint in said action or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demandedan said complaint. JAS. L. GRIFFIN, Clerk of the Superior Court. A. C. Ray, Attorney for Plaintiff. July 1, 1918. jy4 Advance in Price of Cedar Logs. Effective today we are advancing our prices on all cedar logs measuring 6 in. and upwards. Owing' to the unusual and unprecedented conditions brought about by the war, those who have cedar logs for sale will do well to market them as the probabilities an embargo will be placed on products of this kind. Bring US VOUr IOCS. Yfill will Vio nlnocaH 'nriV, b o ..... uivuuvU 1 hfAA four prices. GEO. C. BROWN & CO. i A. f ARRELL, Purchasing Agent, HUDSO N-BELR GO'S BIG Anniversary Sale The Greatest and Biggest Bargain Event of the year. Sweeping Reduc tions at a Time When Economy is Up permost in Everyone's Mind. This annual event hasn't an equal. It's more than a sale. It's a gigantic event that oily happens once a year and is looked forward to and at . ended by the people of the Carolinas. Stock of Men's, Wo men and Children's Shoes in This Sale $111,000 23 STRENUOUS REDUCTION ON ALL LADIES READY - TO - WEAR MEN AND BOYS' CLOTHING. & FURNISHINGS at Sale Prices That Mean a Saving of Many Dollars. GREAT SALE COTTON PIECE GOODS, GINGHAMS SILKS, HOSIERY, ETC. BIG REDUCTIONS ALL OVER THE STORE. If you haven't attended, Come.' If you have, Come again. EVERYBODY WELCOM E This sale Continues All This Week, Closing Monday Night, July 29 Hudson Belk Co., RALEIGH, N. C, IEEH3C23I EAST CAROLINA TEACHERS TRAINING SCHOOL A State School to train teachers for the public schools of North Carolina. Every energy is directed to this one purpose. Tuition free to all who agree to teach. Fall term begins Sept. 25, 1913. For catalogue and other information address, ROBT. H. WRIGHT, President, GREENVILLE; N. C. rkirkirkickirkrkl: & Are Guilty of a Crime. A great many of the deaths among children in North Carolina from whoop ing cough, measles, diphtheria and oth er diseases which are particularly fatal to the very young, may be traced back to the criminal carelessness of some grown person who has violated the quar antine regulations made for the pur pose of projecting against the spread of contagious and infectious diseases. Such persons who negligently permit the spread of contagious diseases are guilty of a crime. A little British sailing vessel, the Good Intent, carrying 68 . tons of cargo and built 125 years ago, has just been sold for three times its original cost. Traveled Together Nine Months. Benjamin L. Martin, Jr., of the Uni ted States marine corps, and his broth er, Edward, water tender, both of the United States steamship Arkansas, traveled on the ocean aboard the same ship for nine moaths, neither knowing that the other was aboard. The boys met recently when they were leaving the ship at the same time to go on a furlough. The brothers had not seen each other for nine years, prior to boarding the Ar kansas one as a marine andoneasi sailor. Constantinople's 200,000 homeless. latest fire leave! 2 SSI MtaSSi : mm rs cc v mm Net Contents 15 "Fluid Drachma E: ti r II life WSJ ' m I at pnimt.-.l PER GENT. 1 AVfeetablelVcparationfcrAs tingtneStomachs andBowclsar fttyHUBW ThwctwPromotMDiSe Checrfulnessand Kestwmuiu neither Opium, Morphine nui Hineral. Not nargotiv JhtmpJunSf Mx Senna JiocAeUe Saltt Warn Said ClarifudSagcr l&tttrjTrenfkmr 1 -ff1 Domorfvfor I Gonstipationand Diarrhoea, and rcverisnne Loss OF OLE-- Tac-SimileSijnatnreo lai: Centaur CewAS Pi For Infants and Children. Mothers Know M Genuine Castoria Hways Bears the Signature of Mrs. iT m W 'ill AW ft I" Use For Over Thirty Years iAnvi t i 'i iii win i ii i ft a in 11111 VMfi ii wy ii Exact Copy of Wrapper, elTT.